Album 3: …. under construction …

Album 3: …. under construction …

  ……. ALBUM 3 IS IN THE MAKING .. WILL BE LOADED UP (a hope!) BEFORE END 2012 ……. So many songs to write: The Stolen Village; Tectonic Plates Beneath; Above The Clouds; Cute Hoors; Creaking Timbers; The Blanket Guarantee; Thomas Francis Maher; Auschwitz; Rwanda-Srebrenica; The Mud Boat; Throw a

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Album 2: Something Strange

Album 2: Something Strange

Album 2 is now ready and load up on this website will be complete by end of  Feb.2012.  If you have already bought album no. 1, we will email you a notice of when this new album is uploaded. Otherwise leave your email address below and we will advise you

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Album 1: Sunny South East

Album 1: Sunny South East

This is a collection of all new original songs (lyrics and music) by Joe Phelan.  Most of them are very recent creations (no prizes for identifying ‘Boom and Burst’ as one of those), but a few of them have been in Joe’s repertoire for many years (‘History’s Story’ goes back

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Latest News

Album no.1 is completed and can be downloaded from this website.  Album no.2 will be ready soon, Album no.3 is in progress. The great Dutch group Scheepsfolk have Joe’s song ‘Tomorrow’ (the new ‘non-Christmas’ version) on their new CD. Scheepsfolk first heard this performed at the Bremen Shanty Festival last

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Events

Hooks and Crookes are on a well earned rest at the moment after 7 years on the road.  Keep an eye on www.hooksandcrookes.com for detail of any events planned for 2012.

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Upcoming Events

See www.hooksandcrookes.com for detail of events planned for 2011 with the group. Little activity at the moment .. we are taking a long earned rest to recharge the batteries.